Oxytocin and social affiliation in humans

R Feldman - Hormones and behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
A conceptual model detailing the process of bio-behavioral synchrony between the online
physiological and behavioral responses of attachment partners during social contact is …

Dopamine in the medial amygdala network mediates human bonding

S Atzil, A Touroutoglou, T Rudy… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Research in humans and nonhuman animals indicates that social affiliation, and particularly
maternal bonding, depends on reward circuitry. Although numerous mechanistic studies in …

In search of neural endophenotypes of postpartum psychopathology and disrupted maternal caregiving

EL Moses‐Kolko, MS Horner… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This is a selective review that provides the context for the study of perinatal affective disorder
mechanisms and outlines directions for future research. We integrate existing literature …

Mother-infant attunement: A multilevel approach via body, brain, and behavior

MH Bornstein - Parenting: Selected Writings of Marc H. Bornstein, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
For nearly half a century, psychologists, psychiatrists, ethologists, and myriad other students
of human behavior and family life have summoned these terms to convey the special …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of brain activation when mothers view their own child and dog: An fMRI study

LE Stoeckel, LS Palley, RL Gollub, SM Niemi… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Neural substrates underlying the human-pet relationship are largely unknown. We
examined fMRI brain activation patterns as mothers viewed images of their own child and …

Prefrontal activation associated with social attachment: facial-emotion recognition in mothers and infants

Y Minagawa-Kawai, S Matsuoka, I Dan, N Naoi… - Cerebral …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Attachment between mothers and infants is the most primitive and primary form of human
social relationship. Many reports have suggested that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) plays a …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic imaging of the association of oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms with positive maternal parenting

KJ Michalska, J Decety, C Liu, Q Chen… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Background: Well-validated models of maternal behavior in small-brain mammals posit a
central role of oxytocin in parenting, by reducing stress and enhancing the reward value of …

Neural mechanisms of mother–infant bonding and pair bonding: Similarities, differences, and broader implications

M Numan, LJ Young - Hormones and behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Mother–infant bonding is a
characteristic of virtually all mammals. The maternal neural system may have provided the …

[图书][B] Why love matters: How affection shapes a baby's brain

S Gerhardt - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in
the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future …

Exposure to early and persistent maternal depression impairs the neural basis of attachment in preadolescence

M Pratt, M Zeev-Wolf, A Goldstein, R Feldman - Progress in Neuro …, 2019 - Elsevier
Maternal depression increases child vulnerability to psychopathology, loneliness, and social
maladjustment; yet, its long-term effects on the social brain are unknown. In this prospective …